What was the basic plot of the 1996 film, The Pallbearer?
The Pallbearer is a 1996 film starring David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Michael Vartan, Michael Rapaport and Barbara Hershey. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The Pallbearer is a dark comedy about Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer), a 25 year old man who sleeps in a bunk bed and lives with his mother. One day Tom is contacted by an old high school classmate’s mother, Ruth Abernathy (Barbara Hershey), to tell him that his ‘best friend,’ Bill Abernathy, committed suicide, and is asked to give a eulogy at the funeral. Tom does not remember her son, but out of sympathy attends the funeral as a pallbearer. While Ruth struggles with her loss and Tom with his supposedly failed memory the two develop a romance. Meanwhile, Tom’s unrequited high school crush (Gwyneth Paltrow) re-enters his life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pallbearer Sources:
The Pallbearer is a dark comedy about Tom Thompson (David Schwimmer), a 25 year old man who sleeps in a bunk bed and lives with his mother. One day Tom is contacted by an old high school classmate’s mother, Ruth Abernathy (Barbara Hershey), to tell him that his ‘best friend,’ Bill Abernathy, committed suicide, and is asked to give a eulogy at the funeral. Tom does not remember her son, but out of sympathy attends the funeral as a pallbearer. While Ruth struggles with her loss and Tom with his supposedly failed memory the two develop a romance. Meanwhile, Tom’s unrequited high school crush (Gwyneth Paltrow) re-enters his life. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
